KR's RV-9A

[KRviator]

G'day all.

Since I've no idea what sort of intro is expected, here's a bunch of photos.

How to get your KRviatrix into the spirit of building, whether she likes it or not...Take over the loungeroom for 4 days while you inventory things you have never heard of...Note the empty baby bouncer.


By inserting rivet A into hole B enough times, you eventually end up with something that looks like this. Halfway through these iterations you get to drill out several dozen rivets because you forgot to take the blue plastic off the inside of the VS...


But you learn from your mistakes - sooner or later -and eventually you arrive with the HS looking something like:


TLAR....That looks about right


How to stop going back to the bench for each rivet.


Another way to keep the KRviatrix happy: Offer to babysit. Ensure your air compressor is turned off during the babysitting period. Don't ask me how I know. As above -you learn from your mistakes.


The first person ever to sit in my RV. Evil baby.

Annnd that's the end of my 10-image allowance, so, uhh, move on to the next post, eh?

[KRviator]

Slightly less evil baby.


My first attempt at an instrument panel.


What I actually want.


What I got CNC cut from Bill M. at Up North Aviation. No there's not a missing row of switches. I removed them while revisiting what I want.


How to make sure your KRviatrix stays interested inthe build process: Take over the dining room table to lay our your electrical schematic and build your DIY LED Nav lights.


Ta daa!


And your caution panel.


Yes that's a welding helmet. Yes, the LED's can break the tint on it.

[KRviator]

The VP-X Sport installed in the forward fuselage.


On the topic of the forward fuse, this ishow far inboard you have to move the F745 ribs to clear a pair of 10" Dynon's.


Still on the forward fuselage. See the rudder bearing block? See how it is up against the longeron gusset? Weeellllll, apparently it isn't supposed to be like that. There should be a minimum of 1" clearance there. How did I find that little tidbit out?? I tried to temp-fit the F601-K recess and it wouldn't. Oops.

According to Van's, there's no structural requirement for the F-601K recess, so lanky buggers can indeed get an extra inch of legroom if you need it. But that precludes the use of a rear-mounted prop governor, and probably requires longer rudder cable-to-pedal straps. Oh well. Given I've just "invested" in a "pre-loved" O-320-H2AD last week kind of negates the need for the recess in any event. So, that's how you turn an "oh ****" moment into a "meh" moment.

And finally, the supervisor skylarking instead of supervising...

[KRviator]

Yeah, that looks about right...


Testing magnetic interference from the seatbely cables and aligning the ADAHRS using a stringline. 3* from no seatbelt to seatbelt draped over the ADAHRS. Considering I'll be flying without the LHS shoulder harness for the first couple of hundred hours means it's close enough for RV work...


A mockup of my switch panel. The actual panel was CNC cut, so rest assured that bit of metal butchery isn't going to end up in the plane...


Setting up for The Big Cut




Almost there... Bearing in mind we're still in the middle of winter. And I did manage to get the thermometer to read about 110*F sitting on the canopy ducktail in the sun.


Annnnd after "The Big Cut" has been cut.

[Mike S]

Rob, great series of photos, and naration.

Thanks for sharing with us.

[Jrskygod]

Switches and audio panel - where did they come from?